thyroid

About 7.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of, relating to, or being the thyroid cartilage.
2. adjective Of, relating to, or being the thyroid gland. Suggestive of a disordered thyroid gland.

   a thyroid personality

3. adjective Suggestive of a disordered thyroid gland.

   a thyroid personality

4. adjective Shield-shaped; peltiform.
5. noun Ellipsis of thyroid cartilage.
6. noun Ellipsis of thyroid gland. An extract prepared from the thyroid gland of animals and used in treating deficiency of thyroid hormones.
7. noun An extract prepared from the thyroid gland of animals and used in treating deficiency of thyroid hormones.

Similar words

thyroidal thyroid gland goitre acropachy bladder desiccated underactive crico thyroideal glandula thyroidea

Often followed by

gland hormone hormones function cartilage and cancer disease carcinoma

Word family

thyroidal thyroids